At 78, David McMurtry has no intention of slowing down. The Dublin-born inventor and billionaire co-founder of British precision-engineering and technology company Renishaw may have recently handed over the role of chief executive, but he is still to be found heading up the company’s R&D department

Growing up in a Presbyterian family on a farm in South Armagh during the Troubles taught independent Senator Ian Marshall the values of tolerance and pragmatism and they have served him well, both in his time as head of the Ulster Farmers’ Union and now as a member of Seanad Éireann

The president of the the Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dr Annie Doona, has called on the government to make a decision on the recommendations contained in the Cassells report on third-level funding

MacLennan will need all of his expertise to deal with INM, whose registered shareholders include three of Ireland’s richest men – billionaires Denis O’Brien, Dermot Desmond and, as of last month, Larry Goodman

Her invention, a mouldable glue called Sugru, is one of the most celebrated products of the past decade, but Jane Ní Dhulchaointigh had to make a tough call last month to sell her firm to German adhesives giant Tesa

The billionaire is one of seven Russian oligarchs targeted for sanctions by the US Treasury Department, which claims the tycoons were profiting from a Russian state engaged in 'malign activities' around the world

Founders of Belfast managed services firm Novosco, John Lennon and Patrick McAliskey have grown turnover at the company to £30 million per year by taking on the outsourcing giants, while at the same time retaining a personal touch with their clients